Connecticut western news., 1887-09-28
NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
DOMESTIC HAPPENINGS TOLD
 IN A FEW BRIEF WORDS.

A'ON LSAIO HAPPENINGS TOLD
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 from Many Redundant Columns.
 In the east shaft of the Michigan Gold | Company, on the Gingrass property in North | ern Michigan. quartz carrying free gold hss been found.
 The new iron pier at Atlantic City has Teen placed in the hands of receiver.
 St. Bernard Commandery, Knights Tenn plar, of Chicago, has expelled Boodlers Me | Garigle, Ochs, and Ripper from the roll of Sir Knights. Jack O'Hars, tho official bootblack of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, has put in an application to become a member of that body. He lost both legs in an accident five or SIX years ago. He has accumulated consider able property and wants to be put Cn a com- mercial level with his customers. He will be rejected on the ground of lack of moral char acter.
 Fred. Titus, who is wanted for forgery in New York, Albany, Chicago and elsewhere has been arrested in Canat.a- He has also been indicted for bigams.
 Ida May Hutchins, who set fire to harm on the poor farm at Atkinson, Me-, has been sentenced to eight years imprisonment.
 John Shadle, suspected of being one of the robbers who pillAled the Texas Pacific express and mail cars, has heen arrested at Weatherford.
 Charles N. kuntz, a well-known society man of Cleveland, was to have been married to the daughter of Samnel Wettrich wealthy clothing merchant, and 3OO guests assembled at St. Edwards Church to witness the event. Just before the ceremony was to be performed the brides father learned of some questions ble financial transactions on the part of the groom, and peremptorily forbade the marriage.
 
 Louisiana from 1877 to 1885 and at present Secretary of the State Senate has been con- victed of embedding s5,0O0 of the States money.
 -Phineas Chamberlain, prominent lawyer of Bradford, Vt., has committed suicide by jumping from the third story window in Minneapolis.
 Thirteen hundred ex- Union and ex- Con- federate soldiers held a reunion at Evansville Ind.
 John J. Love of Chicago, the Dock Su- perintendent and book-keeper of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. acknowledged in court that he had embedded upward of s10.- WO from the company, and was sentenced to two and half years in the penitentiary at hard labor.
 Masked robbers held up passenger train on the Texas and Pacific Railroad near Ben brook and stole 80, 900 from the mail and ex- press cars.
 -Saps Walker of the Clnard steamship Cephaloaia reports having seen the big mo- teor of Sept. 10, when he was in latitude 43 2S, loncitude 65.2a. The meteor appeared in tic northeast, and was very brilliant, sparks radi- sln2 from the centre. The illumination lasted six seconds, and then the meteor fell into tho sea, apparently about half mile of shore.
 M. D. Ball, Unitel States Attorney for Alaska, died on tho steamship Ancon while eI route to Seattle. W. T. His body was shipped to Washington city.
 The moonshiners around DabIonga, Ga, are becoming aggressive. NotieeG have been served upon informers that they must leave the country. A party of masked moonshiners went to the house of James Ash and beat him until he was senseless- They then took to the woods, tied him to tree and lashed him se- verely. Mr. Ash has left the neighborhoosl and is afraid to return.
 -George Davis, wealthy farmer of West Nanticoke, Pa., started to drive home with 6 heavy load of lumber. He fell asleep and tumbled to the ground and wheel passed over his neck, completely bcheadins him.
 --Col. Boynton and Mir. W. E. Harden of whitney. Ga, fought in the Presbyterian tered the church, escorting Col. Boynton's Is- year-old daughter. He had been forbidden to pay his attentions to the young lady. When Col: Boynton's eye fell upon the couple he made for the young man and received from
 
 sent him to tho floor. The congregation was in great confusion and the preacher did all he could ts part the combatants. The result of tho scene was the prompt marriage of the young couple.
 The Protestant ministers of St. Louis are stirred up because the Yelled Prophets parade will represent scenes from the Bible.
 The National Association of Railroad Swirchmen convened in Indianapolis. Fifty three delegates, coming from forty important railroad centres, each representing 100 or fraction thereof members, constitute the con- vent;on. Ex-Goy. Porter addressed the asso- tiation and an executive session was held. The meeting continues for several days
 -Beriben, the fil;ibuster, is reported to be safe in the mountains of Cuba, from which his band makes night raids upon the neighbor. ing plantations.
 Facts as to the robbery of the Union Na- tional Bank at Duluth have at last come out. Cashier Ware, who had package of $20, ,OOO for the Minnesota Iron Company, which was to be called for later in the day, put it away and went to dinner. When he returned the money was gone. All attempts of detectives to obtain clue 10 the rotber have thus far been unsuccessful. They say it was one of the most puzzling robberies they ever investigat- ed
 A eartload of dynamite, enough to blow up Havana, has been discovered hidden in the woods Fear Key West. The discovery created intense excitement. A little dynamite was found there immediately after Aguero's eSpe- dition.
 A terrible loss of property by Lush fires in ths neighborhool of North Victoria, in Cana. da, is reported. At Furnace Falls in Snow. don, the entire settlement has been destroyed, and at last accounts tho roaring and crackling of the fire within stones throw of Kingmount required every available man to save the VI lage. In the township of La1ton one family had to reside for hours upon raft upon the lake to escap, from fire, which had already de- stroyed every particle of covering upon the farm. In Dalton the settlers have lost every fhipC